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||1240 – Ibn Arabi, Andalusian Arab philosopher (b. 1165)
||1240: Ibn Arabi dies ... philosopher.


||1643 – Jean Chardin, French-English jeweler and explorer (d. 1703)
||1643: Jean Chardin born ... jeweler and explorer.


File:Jean le Rond d'Alembert.jpg|link=Jean le Rond d'Alembert (nonfiction)|1717: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher [[Jean le Rond d'Alembert (nonfiction)|Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] born. He will make contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.
File:Jean le Rond d'Alembert.jpg|link=Jean le Rond d'Alembert (nonfiction)|1717: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher [[Jean le Rond d'Alembert (nonfiction)|Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] born. He will make contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.
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File:Jack Sheppard - Thornhill.jpg|link=Jack Sheppard (nonfiction)|1724: Thief [[Jack Sheppard (nonfiction)|Jack Sheppard]] hanged. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.  
File:Jack Sheppard - Thornhill.jpg|link=Jack Sheppard (nonfiction)|1724: Thief [[Jack Sheppard (nonfiction)|Jack Sheppard]] hanged. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.  


||Eugenio Beltrami (b. 16 November 1835) was an Italian mathematician notable for his work concerning differential geometry and mathematical physics. His work was noted especially for clarity of exposition.  
||1835: Eugenio Beltrami born ... mathematician notable for his work concerning differential geometry and mathematical physics. His work was noted especially for clarity of exposition.  


||1841 – Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (d. 1923)
||1841: Jules Violle born ... physicist and academic.


||1852 – The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
||1852: The astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.


||1886: Marcel Riesz born .. mathematician, known for work on summation methods, potential theory, and other parts of analysis, as well as number theory, partial differential equations, and Clifford algebras.
||1886: Marcel Riesz born .. mathematician, known for work on summation methods, potential theory, and other parts of analysis, as well as number theory, partial differential equations, and Clifford algebras.
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File:Walter_Heitler.jpg|link=Walter Heitler (nonfiction)|1974: Physicist and crime-fighter [[Walter Heitler (nonfiction)|Walter Heinrich Heitler]] publishes new of theory of valence bonding with applications in detecting and preventing [[crimes against chemistry]].
File:Walter_Heitler.jpg|link=Walter Heitler (nonfiction)|1974: Physicist and crime-fighter [[Walter Heitler (nonfiction)|Walter Heinrich Heitler]] publishes new of theory of valence bonding with applications in detecting and preventing [[crimes against chemistry]].


||1974 – Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (b. 1882)
||1974: Walther Meissner dies ... physicist and engineer.


||1982 – Pavel Alexandrov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1896) Pavel Sergeyevich Alexandrov (Russian: Па́вел Серге́евич Алекса́ндров), sometimes romanized Paul Alexandroff or Aleksandrov (7 May 1896 – 16 November 1982), was a Soviet mathematician. He wrote about three hundred papers, making important contributions to set theory and topology.
||1982: Pavel Alexandrov dies ... mathematician and academic ... important contributions to set theory and topology.


||1992 – The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.
||1992: The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.


||1922 – Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)
||1922: Max Abraham dies ... physicist and academic.


||Ralph Kronig (d. November 16, 1995) was a German American physicist. He is noted for the discovery of particle spin and for his theory of x-ray absorption spectroscopy.  
||1995: Ralph Kronig dies ... physicist. He is noted for the discovery of particle spin and for his theory of x-ray absorption spectroscopy.  


||1999 – Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1928)
||1999: Daniel Nathans dies ... microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||2005 – Henry Taube, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
||2005: Henry Taube dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||Gene Howard Golub (d. 2007), Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science (and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering) at Stanford University, was one of the preeminent numerical analysts of his generation.
||2007: Gene Howard Golub dies ... one of the preeminent numerical analysts of his generation.


||2010 – Britton Chance, American biologist and sailor (b. 1913)
||2010: Britton Chance dies ... biologist and sailor.


||2013 – Oscar Lanford, American mathematician and academic (b. 1940)
||2013: Oscar Lanford dies ... mathematician and academic.


|File:Achilles-wearing-petasos_Louvre_G264_n3.jpg|link=Petasos (nonfiction)|1200 BC: Achilles wears [[Petasos (nonfiction)|Petasos]], starting a a fashion craze in the ancient world.
|File:Aristotle.jpg|link=Aristotle (nonfiction)|320 BC: [[Aristotle (nonfiction)|Aristole]] discover new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]].
|File:Johannes Stöffler.jpg|link=Johannes Stöffler (nonfiction)|1525: Mathematician [[Johannes Stöffler (nonfiction)|Johannes Stöffler]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to communicate with [[Aristotle (nonfiction)|Aristole]].
|File:Max_Beckmann's_'Self-portrait_with_Horn',_1938-1940.jpg|link=Max Beckmann (nonfiction)|1939: [[Max Beckmann (nonfiction)|Max Beckman]] acquires new horn.
|File:Rhizolith Group.jpg|link=Rhizolith Group|1990: [[Rhizolith Group]] announces world tour.
|File:Raw sausages.jpg|link=Braunschweiger of the Vanities|1991: [[Braunschweiger of the Vanities]] makes New York Times Bestsellers list.
|File:Rose water manufacturing Kashan.jpg|link=Rose water (nonfiction)|1994: [[Rose water (nonfiction)|Rose water]] smells better than ever.
|File:Doctor Doom first appearance.jpg|link=Supervillain|1995: [[Supervillain (nonfiction)|Doctor Doom]] demands royalty payment for appearance on comic book cover.
|File:Bacteriophage Exterior.svg|link=Transdimensional corporation|1997: [[Transdimensional corporation]] spontaneously generates four-dimensional bacteriophage.
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Revision as of 17:05, 25 August 2018

  • 1717: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Jean le Rond d'Alembert born. He will make contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.

    1717: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Jean le Rond d'Alembert born. He will make contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.

  • 1724: Mechanical soldier Clock Head helps fugitive and alleged thief Jack Sheppard escape thief takers.

    1724: Mechanical soldier Clock Head helps fugitive and alleged thief Jack Sheppard escape thief takers.

  • 1724: Thief Jack Sheppard hanged. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.

    1724: Thief Jack Sheppard hanged. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.

  • 1904: English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

    1904: English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

  • 1917: Mathematician Derek Taunt born. He will work as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II.

    1917: Mathematician Derek Taunt born. He will work as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II.

  • 1939: Industrialist, military contractor, and alleged crime boss Colonel Zersetzung privately advises George P. Metesky to begin a bombing campaign in New York City.

    1939: Industrialist, military contractor, and alleged crime boss Colonel Zersetzung privately advises George P. Metesky to begin a bombing campaign in New York City.

  • 1940: New York City "Mad Bomber" George P. Metesky places his first bomb, at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

    1940: New York City "Mad Bomber" George P. Metesky places his first bomb, at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

  • 1940: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde secretly invests in George Metesky's bombing campaign.

    1940: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde secretly invests in George Metesky's bombing campaign.

  • 1974: Physicist and crime-fighter Walter Heinrich Heitler publishes new of theory of valence bonding with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against chemistry.

    1974: Physicist and crime-fighter Walter Heinrich Heitler publishes new of theory of valence bonding with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against chemistry.

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